June 1991 - Irish singer Sinead O'Conner, after originally aggreeively defending N.W.A, tells British music magazine "New Musical Express" that N.W.A's "attitudes have become increasingly dangerous". J"Efil4zaggin" becomes the first gangsta rap album to reach No.1 on the Billboard charts. N.W.A releases "Efil4zaggin", which eventually sells more then 1 million copies. The civil case is eventually settled outside of court. JanuDre runs into "Pump it up" host Dee Barnes at a record release party in Los Angeles and gets into a physical confrintation with her.įebuary 1991 - Barnes files criminal charges against Dre for "assault and battery" and files a $22.7 million lawsuit against Dre and the members of N.W.A.
EAZY E QUOTES TV
November 1990 - Fox TV rap video show "Pump it up" runs a segment on N.W.A in which it crosscut between members of the group badmouthing Ice Cube and a interview Ice Cube saying bad things about them. September 1990 - WaxWorks, a 110-store, Kentucky basedretail chain, pulls 100 Miles and Runnin from its store shelves and refuses to sell it due to its explicit references to oral sex and gang violence. MaTennesse District Attourney Joe Baugh rules that N.W.A.'s "Straight Outta Compton" and 2 Live Crew's "As Nasty as They Wanna Be" violates the Tennessee obscenity lawsĪugust 1990 - N.W.A releases "100 MILES AND RUNNIN" EP, which eventually sells more than 500, 000 copies. September 1989 - FBI sends a letter to ruthless Records, warning the group that the agency didn't take kindly to the single "Fuck Tha Police" member Lorenzo "MC Ren" Patterson on a tour bus after the concert. In a later civil suit she claims she had a daughter as a result of being raped by N.W.A. He loses his voice as a result of the accidentĪugust 1989 - A woman, 16, says she was raped after a concert in Birmingham, Ala. falls asleep while behind the wheel of a car he gets into a serious accident. are briefly detained by Detroit police after chanting a few lines from "Fuck Tha Police" in concertĪugD.O.C. are arrested for performing "Fuck Tha Police" on stage.ĪugMembers of N.W.A. September 1988 - Eazy-E releases solo project "Eazy Duz It, " which eventually sells more than 2.5 million copies. September 1988 - MTV refuses to air the video for "Straight Outta Compton, "claiming the clip, a re-creation of a police gang sweep of black teens, "glorified violence" releases "Straight Outta Compton", which eventually sells more than 3 million units July 1988 - Ruthless Records cuts a deal with Atco Records to distibute products by JJ Fad and Michel'leĪugust 1988 - N.W.A. Dre, Eazy-E, DJ Yella and Arabian Prince, Starts a 14-date national tour on the bill with UTFO, Salt & Pepa and Heavy D.
March 1987 - Eazy-E discovers D.O.C., signs him to a Ruthless/Atlantic Records deal and brings him out on tour with N.W.A. Heller hears a sample of Eazy-E's music and the two become partners, launching Ruthless Records. MaEazy-E meets Jerry Heller at a record-pressing plant in Hollywood.
Winter 1979 - Eazy-E drops out of high school in 10th grade.
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